I found a fun blog fest through American Mum. I randomly selected a photo by closing my eyes and pointing my mouse in a folder where I have saved a bunch of favorite photos. The photo I've selected is...
Taken of Jayden on 7-27-07 when she was 4 months old.
This morning Jayden was laying in bed with us. We were trying to get her to sleep in. We were talking about how we would break her of her binkie. Normally she doesn't answer yes or no appropriately. Travis asked her "do you want your binkie?" She said, "yes" with a nod of her head. He asked, "do you need your binkie?" and received the same response. He asked, "can I have your binkie?" She replied with a very strong, "Nooooo!" and turned away from him.
Tonight at bedtime Jayden was being a little cranky and not wanting to go down without a fight. As I was helping Trevor brush his teeth she was in her room crying. Trevor, on his way to his room, ran into her room against my protesting. He walked up to her in her crib and stroked her cheeks. He said, "you ok Jayden, go to sweep now. No cry please. Shhhh you ok. Go to sweep. Sweet dreams Jayden." Then he pulled her blankets up and gave her a "tuck tuck." As we were leaving she started crying again. He ran back and reassured her and gave her another binkie that was sitting on the nightstand.
Day 15- Sunday 1.11.09 - A very lazy day. About the only thing accomplished was giving the kiddos a bath. They really like bath time. Well except for washing their hair. They always make a huge mess out of the bathroom by splashing water everywhere.
Day 16 - Monday 1.12.09 - I love facebook. It's been really nice keeping in touch with friends and family from far away. It's nice to have a sneak peak into everyone's lives. I try to update what I'm doing and thinking via status updates. Here's what my updates have been for the few months
Jan 16 Dawn is freezing, -27 actual temp at the moment! 7:49am
Jan 11 Dawn hopes this week is better than the last 3 at work. 9:17pm
Jan 8 Dawn is ready for a day off work. 10:25pm
Jan 7 Dawn has extremely chapped hands from making eyeglasses. 7:25pm
Jan 4 Dawn is feeling really lazy today. 2:52pm
Jan 2 Dawn is tired from a BUSY week at work, ridiculously busy, and feeling beat up by cranky customers. 10:23pm
Dec 31 Dawn thinks super glue is not so super. Note to self... refrain from using super glue near laptop. Or even using it at all.
Dawn is trying to stay awake to ring in '09, Happy new year everyone! 9:50pm
Dawn needs ice skates to get to work today.
Dec 24 Dawn is no longer having Christmas eve dinner at her house due to insane amounts of snow. Christmas eve has been postponed until Tues the 30th. :(. 9:32am
Dec 23 Dawn had a really late night finishing Christmas gifts for her employees. 1:49am -
Dec 21 Dawn spent the evening decorate a gingerbread house with Trevor. 9:28pm - Comment
Dawn feels like she lives in the arctic. 12:02pm
Dec 20 Dawn is wrapping a bazillion presents it seems. 10:26pm
12/16/08 Dawn is thinking of changing her job title to conflict resolution specialist (or elementary teacher) due to a REALLY crappy day at work. 8:53pm
Dawn is waiting for a locksmith because the lock to her store is a piece of crap. 7:36pm
Dawn is thinking it's going to be a slow day at work since it's snowing. 9:10am
12/12/08 Dawn is stuck in the slowest bank drive-thru ever. 2:29pm
12/11/08 Dawn has been sick for 4 days and not missed a day of work while some her employees thinks it's ok to call in all the time. 10:42pm
12/9/08 Dawn is taking the kids to see "octaclaus" tomorrow because Trevor wants "en-imy" for "kiss-mas." 9:46pm
12/7/08 Dawn thanks Liz for getting her hooked on myfarm :P. 7:32pm
Dawn had her plans for a nice family portrait thwarted by cranky kids. 5:58pm
12/6/08 Dawn is listening to Trevor singing, "i wike eating snowman, snowman yummy ummy, snow snow snow" while eating coolwhip. 8:50pm
Dawn can't find a pair of black 3t boys pants in all of Waterloo :o(. 8:38p
12/5/08 Dawn is playing in photoshop, making a holiday letter. Maybe I'll even get them sent out this year. 10:58pm
12/4/08 Dawn & Travis had a date night courtesy of the kids daycare. Ahhhh free childcare even if it was just 2 hours. 10:29pm
12/3/08 Dawn is having a online chat with Dell technical support. Though it sucks having to hit every key twice, it's better than talking to someone who can't speak English. 4:34pm
Dawn thingks something is wrong with her laptop. The keys are "sticky" aking typing difficult. 11:24am
Dawn wonders if she should get a black or white stove, thinking black looks better but it may be a magnet for kiddo fingerprints. 12:25am
Dawn is buying a new stove tomorrow. 12:24am
12/2/08 Dawn just realized there is a facebook app on her blackberry. 9:58am
12/1/08 Dawn is wondering if she is a horrible mom because she briefly thought about taping her son's mouth shut like her dad did once when she was a kid. 9:06pm (ok, before you call dhs... the thought crossed my mind but I wouldn't do it.)
Dawn is having a glass of wine (or 6) now that her naughty kids are in bed! 9:04pm
11/30/08 Dawn is making her list and checkin it twice. 5:07pm
Dawn is packing away baby stuff for yardsale in spring, ~sniff~ my baby isn't a baby anymore. 3:23pm
11/28/08 Dawn is wondering if you can get food poisoning from eating REALLY expired fruit snacks. 11:05pm
11/27/08 Dawn is finally waking from her turkey coma. 6:33pm
11/26/08 Dawn is wondering what she was thinking shopping at wal-mart the day before thanksgiving... nuts! 7:06pm
Dawn is getting ready to shop for T-day cooking marathon, macaroni salad, Chocolate Espresso Torte with raspberry sauce, blueberry jello salad. 3:26pm
Day 17 - Tuesday 1.13.08 - I must have my coffee daily. Starbucks is most preferred but to expensive for everyday. I white chocolate mochas in the winter and carmel mocha frapachino in the summer. I usually get Starbucks on the days that I have to close. If Dr H beats me to the coffee pot I'm out of luck. I can't drink his coffee because he uses 3 times the normal amount, resulting in a really thick coffee "syrup" It's a nice excuse to treat myself a few times a week.
Day 18- Wednesday 1-14-09 - This year could become the snowiest winter in history for us. Last year this time we had 17.9" This year to date we've had 34.9" Last year was the 4th snowiest winter in history with a total of 53.9" We've got 33" more to go to make history. It's a record I would prefer not to see. I'm really sick of shoveling snow. Here's the stat's courtesy of KWWL
Day 19 - Thursday 1.15.09 - Jayden is very much playing the 2 year old these days. This picture she is demonstration her defiance in saying "Noooooo!" with her whole body. We here that and "Minnnnneee!" about a hundred times a day.
Day 20 - Friday 1.16.09 - Baby it's cold outside! More records for the record book. I took this picture before work. When I looked at the weather channel at home it was -27 not even factoring in the wind chill. I got my nails done and of course couldn't put my gloves on and smudge my polish. In less than 5 minutes from there to work my fingers were numb and hands were really red. The heater couldn't even keep the car warm. I heard on the radio you can get frostbite in less than 8 minutes and if you throw a glass of water in the air it freezes instantly.
Day 21 - Saturday 1.17.09 - Books are a big deal in our house. Trevor wasn't thrilled about having his picture taken. I couldn't even get a smile after bribing him with chocolate. Jayden's shirt says, "I can't talk yet but I have a cow girl attitude" it's very fitting. Subzero temps and the kiddos won't keep their socks on!
Day 8 - Sunday 1.4.09 - Pajama days are a big deal at our house. A lazy day for Mom and Dad that often includes dry Cheerios and a cup of milk while watching Thomas or Dora. Jayden never falls asleep on the floor but must have been really tired today. We noticed things were a little too quiet.
Day 9 - Monday 1.5.09 - Now I've heard of the mystery that is crop circles but what's the deal with these mysterious circles in the snow? Does it look like a face or possibly something else? Photo taken of snow mound in my work parking lot.
Day 10 - Tuesday 1.6.09 - Evidence that last week sucked the life out of me. Sales of 37k and lack of a very important word on a report that I fax weekly to my RVP. My employees gave me grief that it's my fault that we were so busy because I was allowing our competition to touch us. Well, I suppose my Tae Kwon Do training didn't serve me well in this case because we were trained that "can't is not a word!"
Day 11 - Wednesday 1.7.09 - Our 2nd step in updating our kitchen. Our old fridge was junk. It was noisy and falling apart. So we got a shiny new one! I've never had a fridge with an ice maker and water in the door. I love it.
Day 12 - Thursday 1.08.09 - I got my hands dirty today working in the lab. It was a nice change of pace working in the lab, even if it was on my day off. I did get a bit of "good" news that my lab manager is not moving away. I slept better than I have in months.
Day 13 - Friday 1.9.09 - Frames, frames and more frames! 265 of them to be exact. This was our normal stock replenishment of stock we sold last week. It was unreal seeing the amount of glasses we have sold represented this way. Thankfully it snowed in the evening to give us a chance to get them tagged and put away because we were running out of product to stock our shelves.
Day 14 - Saturday 1.10.09 - Crazy, busy, terrible day filled with beyond cranky customers, equipment malfunctions, combined with being 2 employees short. We went to Travis' holiday party for work. It was a murder mystery and was so much fun. On the way home we noticed it was extremely bright outside. Looking up at the sky we see the fuller than full moon. That explains a lot of things!
And so begins my commitment to taking at least 1 picture every day this year. Some pictures will be nonsense, maybe a picture of what I had for dinner, price on the gas pump, a grocery receipt, etc. The purpose is to document our daily life, which sometimes is boring.
Day 1 - Sunday 12.28.09 - Trevor didn't take a nap today and came back downstairs. We had some cuddle time on the floor in the playroom. He really enjoyed the undivided attention.
Day 2 - Monday 12.29.08 - A very unflattering portrait of me taken by Trevor. It was the first time he's ever taken a picture. Normally he's not allowed to touch my camera. I wasn't feeling too great.
Day 3 - Tuesday 12.30.08 - I couldn't choose just one picture. Trevor coughed all night and was really sick in the morning. I was feeling a little better. We had my mom and brothers over for a late Christmas dinner. It was postponed from Christmas Eve due to snowy weather that prevent them from driving the two hours.
Day 4 - Wednesday 12.31.08 - Trevor is still sick and I ponder if I should take him to the doctor. He's been coughing and having asthma like symptoms. Thankfully we have a nebulizer that seems to help with his breathing. Jayden is now coughing too.
Day 5 - Thursday 1.1.09 - Happy New Year! I'm thankful to have a holiday. My store is closed. I had to go in for awhile to get some things caught up in the lab. It's been a really busy week at work. Secretly, I'm a little happy to have a break from sick, cranky kids.
Day 6 - Friday 1.2.09 - Work is driving me to drink. We've done double the business that we do in a normal week and we still two days short of a normal business week. And people were CRANKY. It was by far the worst day since we opened our doors in February. I don't drink often and if I do, it's usually just a glass of wine. Smirnoff was calling my name, as was a yummy raspberry bar.
Day 7 - Friday 1.3.09 Jayden always sleeps with her baby and a pink blankie with a bunny attached. She always tucks it up by her head and snuggles it.
